Yesterday I discovered the frozen, lifeless body of my sweet little rabbit, my Animal Guide, lying under the big pine tree in my back yard. She froze to death in this year’s very harsh Chicago winter of sub-zero arctic temperatures. Naturally I was devastated. She has been my Animal Guide for several years now and […]

“It is not thoughts that matter, but hours of silence and the precious dimension of existence which is otherwise completely unknown, certainly unknown when one thinks, or mentally speaks…or even writes. It must simply be seen, and is not seen until one has been sitting still, alone, in its own utter obviousness.” ~~ Thomas Merton, […]

Yesterday I shared that I’m getting ready to hunker down for my annual New Year’s Eve reflection activities and I shared my agenda with you — just in case you were looking for something “different” to do this year. Every New Year’s Eve I spend the evening with my journal, sketch pads, candles, card decks, music, prayers, intentions, and […]

I’m getting ready to hunker down for my annual New Year’s Eve reflection activities and thought I’d share my agenda with you — just in case you are looking for something “different” to do this year. It’s an evening I spend with my journal, sketch pads, candles, card decks, music, prayers, intentions, and dreams. It’s a time […]

My darlings have returned for yet another blaze of beauty this evening. They serve as reminders once again to: Keep focusing on things that give you pleasure, peace, and serenity. Things that make your heart jump with joy. Things that make you sigh in the best of ways. Things that make you pause, things that […]

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> January 2014 -- A daylong training in Schaumburg IL for early childhood professionals regarding strategic planning and empowered communications ~~ and a Pinwheel Vision Board goal setting workshop for the new year with classroom team leaders at a large school for children up to 6 years of age.
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